Bolt-heading tool.



H. E. GIDEONS.

BOLTHEADING T00 V v APPLICATION FILED JULY v 1. H

1,031 782. Patented 9,1912.

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2 SHE hi fl 18 H. E. GIDEONS.

BO LT READING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1 1911.

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Patented July 9,1912.

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HiRAM E. sinuous, or BAY MINETTE, ALABAMA.

BOLT-READING TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 1, 1911. Serial Nc.'63 6,531.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM E. GIDEoNs, a citizenof the United States, residing at Bay Minette; in the county of Baldwin, State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bolt- Heading Tools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to' bolt heading tools.

The object of the invention resides in the provisionof a tool of the characternamed which may be utilized with ease and facility in heading bolts of different types and is especially useful in those localities where larger bolt heading machinery is -,not accessible and where the time in which the heading of the bolt must be completed is limited. A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a tool of the character named which will be simple in construction,

durable, effective in reaching the end for which it.is designed, and which may also serve the purpose of a bending tool through the aid of which rods or other stock may be easily bent at the proper angle. With the above and other objects in view, the invention consits in the details of construction and'inthe arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed'out in the appended claim. In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters of-reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- I Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toolshowing same secured to an ordinary blacksmith anvil, the latter being broken away to i better disclose the connection between the Referring to the drawings, A indicates an ordinary blacksmith anvil which is adapted .to form a support for the tool during th use of the latter.

The tool proper comprises a base 10 provided with a depending squared stem 11 adapted to removably seat in the squared opening 12 of the anvil'A so as to constitute a detachable connection between the tool and the anvil. The base 10 is provided intermediately with'a recess 13 in which is Patented Judy a, 1912.

disposed a rib l trising from the rear wall of the recess and e-Xt'ending from end to end thereof. Formed at one end of the base 10 is an extension 15 the free end of which'is forked to produce spaced ears 16 and 17 for a purpose that will presently appear. The base 10 and the various parts rigidlyconnected therewith constitute the-fixed jaw of the tool as will hereinafter appear.

.The movable jaw of the tool is indicated at 18 and. has one end extended to form an operating handle '19, while the other end thereof is extended and reduced to form a tongue 20 disposed between the ears 16 and 17 and pivotally connected to the latter by means of a pivot pin 21 whereby the movable jaw may be swung through the -instrumentality of the handle 19 toward and away from the fixed jaw when desired. The edge of the movable jaw 18 adjacent the fixed jaw 01' base 10 is provided with a recess 22 which is disposed in opposition to and mates with the recess 13 in 'the fixed jaw when said movable jaw is moved into engagement with the fixed jaw. This recess 22 has disposed therein a rib '23 which rises from the rear wall of said recess and extends from end to endthereof in a manner corresponding to the rib 14: in. the recess-l3. v v

Removably mounted in the recesses 13 and 22 respectively are mating dies 24 and 25,

,27 which are adapted to receive the bolt shanktherein during the-heading operation.

Corresponding ends of these groovesare enlarged and squared as at 28 and 129 respectively to fo'rma mold or socket to receive the heated metal during the formation ofthe head of the bolt. Each of the dies 24! and 25 have their remote edges provided.

with grooves 30 and 31 respectively adapted to receive the ribs 14 and 23 respectively so as to. effect an interlocking engagement be- Copies of this liatent may be obtained for tween said dies and the fixed and movable jaws of the tool respectively. In order to prevent the removal of the die from the recess 22 under the influence of gravity, there is pivoted on the movable jaw18 a hook 32" adapted'to' detachably engage a laterally projecting pin '33 fixed on the "'die 25.

In use the movable'jaw 18' is lifted away from the fixed jaw or base 10 and the heated rod of metal from. which the'bolt is to be formed is placed injthe gr.oove,26 of the die 24. When, the metal is thus positioned the 28 and 29 will constitute a proper head for the bolt. j r

It will 'of. course be ap arent that by changing theformofwthe ies 24: and 25- bolts. with different shaped shanks and dif-' ferent shaped heads may be produced-by the same operation as that previously; de-..

scribed.

rect relation to the fixed jaw 10 by means of a stud 34 carried by the movable jaw'18 and which enters a recessa35 formed in the adjacent face of the fixed jaw. What is claimed is:

A tool of the class described :comprising a) pair of pivotally connected cooperating jaws, said jaws having opposed recesses in their adjacent edges, ribs formed on the inner walls of said recesses'respectively extending longitudinally of respective jaws and disposed intermediate the sides of the latter, a die mounted iii-each. ofsaid recesses and removably interlockin withv said ribwhereby said dies are hel against lateral movement relativel to the jaws, and means for securing one 0 said dies against movement transversely of the plane of" its supporting jaw relatively to the latter.

:ture, in presence of two witnesses! Witnessesg J. P.' MoGILL, Q RQJ'. G'IoEoNs.

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HIRAM 'E. GIDEONF 30 The movable jaw 18 is guided into cor- I In testimony whereof, I aifix my signav 

